Spare a moment, if you will, for this stylish, single-speed, retro racer bike in Brixton that has been cruelly been stripped bare of almost all of its components.

The saddle and seat post are but a distant memory, the chainset has gone off to pastures new, the chain is rusted and contorted, both brakes have vanished along with all the cabling, and even the handlebars have departed the locality.

Perhaps the biggest indignity this once-splendid vintage racer has suffered is that all of this has happened right outside Brixton Police Station.

Keeping your bike safe

“Is nowhere chuffing well safe in Brixton?,” you may well ask in exasperated tones, and the answer is probably not.